286 Ancient Catalogue of Objects of Natural History. 



72. A flesh-coloured earth from the Gay-head, where are divers col- 



oured ochres. 



73. A light red earth, wherewith the Indians paint their faces when 



they go to war : from the Indians from the inland parts. 



74. A reddish earth from Quinipiack, used internally for bruises. 



75. A red earth (containing iron ?) with which the Indians paint 

 themselves. They bring it a month's travel up the country. 



80. Earth that will swim, from Connecticut River, near Thirty Mile 



Island. 



[Nos. 76 to 79 and 81 to 91 are only different colored clays, mostly 



from " the inland parts"] 



Soft Stones. 



92. A grey sandstone, like grindstone, not far from where the natu- 

 ral whetstone are found. 



97. Dark reddish stones with black talc, from Newayunck near the sea. 



Slates. 



100. A slate which the Indians scrape into water and drink, when 



they have received any bruise. 



101. A silver-coloured slate, which calcined is of a fine gold colour. 

 104. A sort of blew slate, containing alum, from the inland parts. 

 107. A fissile stone with mica, which burnt looks like <C. Another 



sort of it resembles Q. 



109. A bright shining flakey mineral like burnished steel, from the 



woods at Tantinsquese. 



115. A soft flakey greasy stone from Point Juda. 



Marble and harder Stones. 



116. Two sorts of whitish grey marble, from the uplands. 



117. White stones of the marble kind, near the Massachusetts. 



ranates 



lie!, 



Island in Naraganset Bay. 



128. A blewish stone coated with a greyish green, the sides para 

 from the uplands. 



140. Heavy brown glittering stone between Wachuset Hill and 

 necticut. 



143. A black stone with specks of Marcasite, from Tantinsquese. 



144. Fragments of black, greenish and white stones, brought by 

 Indians from the uplands. 



Pebbles. 



but 



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145. Bound pebbles, like No. 149, from near the same place, 

 where they are all of this form. When polished they are transparen 

 as crystal. 



